Vesselin Mareshki, leader of a populist party that won 12 out of 240 seats in the Bulgarian National Assembly in March elections on a platform of cheaper fuel and pharmaceuticals, made the call in Parliament on May 31.
There was scant political reaction but the statement led to outrage on social networks.
At its Wednesday sitting, Mareshki told the House: “A week ago, we submitted declarations of conflicts of interest and because many people allowed themselves to comment on who has the right to go here or there, who has the right to represent Bulgaria…on behalf of our group we call for, besides economic conflicts of interest, the declaration also of homosexual conflicts of interest, and those, related with the use of alcohol and drug abuse.
“I am not going to allow an open homosexual to put questions whether I have the right to be somewhere, and not only me, but every normal Bulgarian citizen. Everyone should come out to declare his dependencies. That way it will be understood why someone is voting for a particular law.”
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